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Douglas County Community Foundation

To enrich the quality of life in the communities of douglas county, kansas by building philanthropic resources and relationships, providing attractive options for donors to make philanthropic contributions, and being a catalyst for the betterment of the lives of the citizens.

$10M
Granted FY2024still arriving
170
Grants FY2024still arriving
19
States reached
$1.8M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Education$11MArts & Culture$5.7MAnimals$5.0MHealth$4.6MReligion$3.3MYouth Development$2.9MHuman Services$2.6MHousing & Shelter$1.8MOther$0
02FY2024 · 170 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 170 grants below total $9,397,861 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $10,466,758 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $1,068,897 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k41 grants · $293k
  • $10k–50k96 grants · $1.9M
  • $50k–250k26 grants · $3.2M
  • $250k+7 grants · $4.0M
$16,350
Median grant
19
States reached
$117M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KU ENDOWMENT$1,772,709
LAWRENCE ARTS CENTER$678,657
JUST FOOD OF DOUGLAS COUNTY$349,368
PLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH$340,700
CONCERNS OF POLICE SURVIVORS$310,000
COTTONWOOD INC$279,634
FAMILY PROMISE OF LAWRENCE$251,467
LAWRENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY FRIENDS & F$212,417
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF LAWRENCE$212,098
BERT NASH COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH C$200,191
EARLY CHILDHOOD COLLECTIVE OF DOUGL$191,429
HEARTLAND COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER$191,425
LAWRENCE HUMANE SOCIETY$176,926
KANSAS APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW AND$174,800
BALLARD COMMUNITY SERVICES$172,750
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $2.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 91% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%DREAMTREE PROJECT INC: $12k → 18%INDIA GOSPEL LEAGUE: $15k → 13%LIVING SPRING FAITH MINISTRIES: $10k → 6%COF TRAINING SERVICES: $20k → 10%MIDLAND CARE CONNECTION INC: $10k → 14%JOY MEADOWS: $50k → 10%JOY MEADOWS: $10k → 10%SIGNIFICANT MATTERS: $50k → 5%SIGNIFICANT MATTERS: $25k → 5%SIGNIFICANT MATTERS: $45k → 5%COALITION FOR HOMELESS CONCERNS: $19k → 15%COALITION FOR HOMELESS CONCERNS: $18k → 15%PREGNANCY CARE CENTER OF LAWRENCE: $18k → 15%FAMILY PROMISE OF LAWRENCE: $251k → 15%FAMILY PROMISE LAWRENCE: $119k → 15%FAMILY PROMISE LAWRENCE: $105k → 15%SENIOR RESOURCE CENTER FOR DOUGLAS: $92k → 15%FAMILY PROMISE LAWRENCE: $70k → 15%FAMILY PROMISE LAWRENCE: $69k → 15%FAMILY PROMISE LAWRENCE: $68k → 15%FAMILY PROMISE LAWRENCE: $37k → 15%SENIOR RESOURCE CENTER FOR DG: $36k → 15%SPONSORING COMMJUSTICE MATTERS INC: $35k → 15%JUSTICE MATTERS INC: $30k → 15%COALITION FOR HOMELESS CONCERNS (AK: $21k → 15%READY FOR GOOD: $21k → 15%LAWRENCE FOUNDATION: $19k → 15%FAMILY PROMISE LAWRENCE: $18k → 15%SENIOR RESOURCE CENTER FOR DG: $15k → 15%LAWRENCE FOUNDATION: $13k → 15%READY FOR GOOD: $12k → 15%READY FOR GOOD: $12k → 15%SENIOR RESOURCE CENTER FOR DG: $12k → 15%SENIOR RESOURCE CENTER FOR DG: $11k → 15%COTTONWOOD FOUNDATION INC: $312k → 15%COTTONWOOD FOUNDATION: $108k → 15%COTTONWOOD FOUNDATION INC: $98k → 15%COTTONWOOD FOUNDATION INC: $91k → 15%COTTONWOOD INC: $21k → 15%COTTONWOOD INC: $18k → 15%COTTONWOOD FOUNDATION INC: $18k → 15%POSITIVE BRIGHT START: $24k → 15%POSITIVE BRIGHT START: $16k → 15%POSITIVE BRIGHT START: $13k → 15%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $12k → 15%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $12k → 15%POSITIVE BRIGHT START: $11k → 15%FOSTER VILLAGE LAWRENCE: $11k → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

NH
WA
ID
MN
MI
NY
MA
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
NM
KS
TN
NC
DC
HI
AL
GA
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$41M · 168 repeat orgs$2.0M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +35% since the first grant, against +28% for the ones you funded once.

168 repeat relationships — 111 still active in FY2024, 57 since wound down; 46 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

168
74

Total granted

$41M
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+28%

Still filing today

74%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $914k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureInternationalHousing & ShelterOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • TK
    The Kansas University Endowment Association
    8× · 2017–2024 · $5.6M · revenue +93%
  • LH
    LAWRENCE HUMANE SOCIETY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $5.0M · revenue +7% · 37% of their budget
  • JF
    JUST FOOD OF DOUGLAS COUNTY KS INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +64%

Funded once

  • CT
    CONCORDIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
    one grant, 2021 · $100k
  • DC
    DEBATE-KANSAS CITY
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue -9% · 40% of their budget
  • TP
    TONGANOXIE PUBLIC LIBRARY FDN
    one grant, 2020 · $77k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Kansas Legal Services Inc

Kansas legal services is devoted to helping low income kansans meet their basic needs through the provision of important legal and mediation services.

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2
Kansas Healthcare Collaborative Inc

Engaging and aligning providers and stakeholders to establish Kansas as a role model for health care quality and a top performer in health care outcomes.

Health
3
Labette County Medical Center

We are dedicated to providing exceptional healthcare - centered around you.

Health
4
Catholic Charities of Kansas City - St Joseph Inc

Helping people move to a better life through hope-filled care, services, and advocacy; calling all those of goodwill to join us

Human Services
5
Cultivate Kansas City Inc

Grow food, farms and community in support of a sustainable, healthy and local food system.

Food & Nutrition
6
Kansas Wesleyan University

Kansas wesleyan university is a liberal arts college that promotes and integrates academic excellence, spiritual development, personal well-being, and social responsibility.

Education
7
The Ku Endowment Charitable Gift Fund

To strengthen the University and communities that have touched the lives of KU alumni and friends, the mission of The KU Endowment Charitable Gift Fund is to receive and administer gifts and bequests to further the charitable objectives of…

Philanthropy
8
Kansas Action for Children Inc

Kansas action for children, inc. is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to shaping health, education and economic policy that improves the lives of kansas children and their families.

Human Services
9
Kansas Association of Community Action Programs Inc

Kacap supports community action agencies and other human services organizations in thier local, state and national efforts to end poverty.

Public Benefit
10
Chamber of Commerce of Greater Kansas City

Leading the way to the best kc region by convening innovative leaders, collaborating with like-minded organizations, advocating for positive change, and helping small businesses grow.

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11
Kansas Children's Service League Foundation

To protect and promote the well-being of children by providing ongoing support of the charitable mission of the kansas children's service league.

Philanthropy
12
Kanza Mental Health and Guidance Center Inc

Offer hope to build a better tomorrow through mental health services.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Kansas Advocates for Better Care Inc and the most unlike its peers is The Greenway Meditation Institute. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity College Foundatio…Community Arts CentersCommunity FoundationsDevelopmental Disabilities …Volunteer Fire & Ems Servic…Equine Therapy ProgramsChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…Senior Support ServicesPublic Library OperationsMilitary Veterans SupportChristian Missionary Organi…Independent K-12 SchoolsOrchestra and Ensemble Perf…Faith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Community Food PantriesDance Arts OrganizationsEnvironmental Conservation …Pregnancy Support ServicesPolicy Research and AdvocacyCancer Support ServicesSchool District FoundationsAddiction Recovery ServicesFood Banks and PantriesAffordable Housing Developm…Youth Sports ProgramsDomestic Violence ServicesLocal Food System Organizat…Affordable Housing Construc…Health Access Advocacy and …United Way AffiliatesYouth Development CentersAnimal Rescue and Shelter
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 32 years old; the field is 25. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number17%7%<5yr11%8%5–10yr16%14%10–20yr16%25%20–35yr15%22%35–55yr25%25%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value17%1%<5yr11%2%5–10yr16%9%10–20yr16%14%20–35yr15%33%35–55yr25%41%55yr+

The field is 17% startups (under 5 years old) — 7% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 1% lost their exemption, against 9% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
1%4/290
the rest of the field
9%
1,526/17,232

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

222 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 222 of the 300 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

20
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
60
Early backer (in before they grew)
216/222
Grantees still filing
146/222
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

JUST FOOD OF DOUGLAS COUNTY KS INC — $1,215,457 · OtherJUST FOOD OF DOUGLAS COUNTY KS INCELIZABETH BALLARD COMMUNITY CENTER INC — $1,000,357 · OtherELIZABETH BALLARD COMMUNITY CENTER INCCOTTONWOOD INC — $912,723 · OtherCOTTONWOOD INCDouglas County Historical Society — $757,242 · OtherPLYMOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH — $662,370 · OtherVELOCITY CHURCH — $570,000 · OtherLawrence Public Library Friends and Foundation — $938,751 · OtherLawrence Public Library Friends and Found…+116 more — $9,554,854 · Other+116 moreThe Kansas University Endowment Association — $5,552,864 · EducationThe Kansas University End…Lawrence Schools Foundation — $984,509 · EducationLawrence Schools Foundati…Early Childhood Collective of Douglas County Inc — $603,899 · EducationEarly Childhood Collectiv…VAN GO INC — $590,545 · EducationVAN GO INCBall State University Foundation Inc — $416,500 · Education+19 more — $1,246,337 · Education+19 moreLAWRENCE HUMANE SOCIETY — $4,970,099 · AnimalsLAWRENCE HUMA…+1 more — $17,916 · AnimalsLAWRENCE ARTS CENTER INC — $3,778,069 · Arts & CultureLAWRENCE ART…THEATRE LAWRENCE INC — $198,797 · Arts & Culture+9 more — $633,439 · Arts & Culture+9 moreBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF LAWRENCE INC — $2,488,207 · Youth DevelopmentOCONNELL CHILDRENS SHELTER INC — $275,957 · Youth DevelopmentDEBATE-KANSAS CITY — $100,000 · Youth Development+3 more — $135,000 · Youth DevelopmentLMH HEALTH FOUNDATION — $807,816 · HealthTHE BERT NASH COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC — $705,667 · HealthSTRONGWATER FARM THERAPEUTIC EQUESTRIAN CENTER INC — $214,000 · HealthHEARTLAND MEDICAL CLINIC INC — $197,425 · Health+14 more — $353,307 · HealthFAMILY PROMISE OF LAWRENCE INC — $737,462 · Human ServicesCOTTONWOOD FOUNDATION INC — $672,969 · Human ServicesSENIOR RESOURCE CENTER FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY INC — $171,333 · Human ServicesSIGNIFICANT MATTERS INC — $120,000 · Human ServicesDouglas County Child Development Assoc DBA Positive Bright Start — $83,367 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $82,100 · Human Services+10 more — $409,137 · Human Services
Other$15,611,754Education$9,394,654Animals$4,988,015Arts & Culture$4,610,305Youth Development$2,999,164Health$2,278,215Human Services$2,276,368

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetThe Kansas University Endowment Association — $5,552,864 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetLAWRENCE HUMANE SOCIETY — $4,970,099 over 8y, 37% of budgetLAWRENCE ARTS CENTER INC — $3,778,069 over 8y, 40% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF LAWRENCE INC — $2,488,207 over 8y, 32% of budgetJUST FOOD OF DOUGLAS COUNTY KS INC — $1,215,457 over 8y, 9.9% of budgetELIZABETH BALLARD COMMUNITY CENTER INC — $1,000,357 over 8y, 24% of budgetLawrence Schools Foundation — $984,509 over 8y, 57% of budgetLawrence Public Library Friends and Foundation — $938,751 over 8y, 34% of budgetCOTTONWOOD INC — $912,723 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetLMH HEALTH FOUNDATION — $807,816 over 8y, 3.9% of budgetDouglas County Historical Society — $757,242 over 8y, 14% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF LAWRENCE INC — $737,462 over 8y, 24% of budgetTHE BERT NASH COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC — $705,667 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetCOTTONWOOD FOUNDATION INC — $672,969 over 8y, 36% of budgetEarly Childhood Collective of Douglas County Inc — $603,899 over 6y, 14% of budgetVAN GO INC — $590,545 over 8y, 18% of budgetCONCERNS OF POLICE SURVIVORS INC — $500,000 over 4y, 4.4% of budgetDOUGLAS COUNTY CASA PROGRAM INC — $490,464 over 8y, 18% of budgetBall State University Foundation Inc — $416,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetThe Willow Domestic Violence Center Inc — $400,926 over 8y, 4.6% of budgetBISHOP SEABURY ACADEMY — $395,801 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF DOUGLAS COUNTY INC — $394,321 over 7y, 15% of budgetLAWRENCE COMMUNITY SHELTER INC — $335,921 over 8y, 5.7% of budgetOCONNELL CHILDRENS SHELTER INC — $275,957 over 8y, 11% of budgetLAWRENCE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY — $271,760 over 8y, 6.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY CHILDREN'S CENTER INC — $266,817 over 6y, 28% of budgetPGA FOUNDATION INC — $250,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetSTRONGWATER FARM THERAPEUTIC EQUESTRIAN CENTER INC — $214,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetTHEATRE LAWRENCE INC — $198,797 over 7y, 6.9% of budgetHEARTLAND MEDICAL CLINIC INC — $197,425 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetSPARKWHEEL INC — $188,598 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetKansas Appleseed Center for Law and Justice Inc — $184,896 over 3y, 24% of budgetLAWRENCE COMMUNITY FOOD ALLIANCE INC — $174,688 over 6y, 31% of budgetSENIOR RESOURCE CENTER FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY INC — $171,333 over 6y, 9.0% of budgetTENANTS TO HOMEOWNERS INC — $159,650 over 8y, 2.5% of budgetServant Foundation — $154,202 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEudora Schools Foundation Inc — $151,389 over 7y, 20% of budgetLUMBERYARD ARTS CENTER INC — $148,119 over 5y, 33% of budgetClaires Community Inc — $137,425 over 5y, 22% of budgetDOUGLAS COUNTY VISITING NURSES ASSOCIATION INC — $135,465 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetHEALTH CARE ACCESS INC — $124,553 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetWICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $121,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSIGNIFICANT MATTERS INC — $120,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetOTTAWA POLICE FOUNDATION — $112,615 over 6y, 48% of budgetWilcox Health Foundation — $110,000 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetLecompton Historical Society Inc — $100,840 over 6y, 15% of budgetDEBATE-KANSAS CITY — $100,000 over 1y, 40% of budgetPHARMACY OF GRACE INC — $100,000 over 1y, 8.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds The Kansas University Endowment Association ↗
  • Who funds LAWRENCE HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds LAWRENCE ARTS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF LAWRENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds JUST FOOD OF DOUGLAS COUNTY KS INC ↗
  • Who funds ELIZABETH BALLARD COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Lawrence Schools Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Lawrence Public Library Friends and Foundation ↗
  • Who funds COTTONWOOD INC ↗
  • Who funds LMH HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Douglas County Historical Society ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY PROMISE OF LAWRENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BERT NASH COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds COTTONWOOD FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Early Childhood Collective of Douglas County Inc ↗
  • Who funds VAN GO INC ↗
  • Who funds CONCERNS OF POLICE SURVIVORS INC ↗
  • Who funds DOUGLAS COUNTY CASA PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds Ball State University Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds The Willow Domestic Violence Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds BISHOP SEABURY ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF DOUGLAS COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds LAWRENCE COMMUNITY SHELTER INC ↗
  • Who funds OCONNELL CHILDRENS SHELTER INC ↗
  • Who funds LAWRENCE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY CHILDREN'S CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds PGA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds STRONGWATER FARM THERAPEUTIC EQUESTRIAN CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THEATRE LAWRENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds HEARTLAND MEDICAL CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds SPARKWHEEL INC ↗
  • Who funds Kansas Appleseed Center for Law and Justice Inc ↗
  • Who funds LAWRENCE COMMUNITY FOOD ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds SENIOR RESOURCE CENTER FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds TENANTS TO HOMEOWNERS INC ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Midcontinent Foundati…Ethel & Raymond F Ric…Topeka Community Foun…Kansas Health Foundat…United Way of Douglas…Kriz Charitable Fund …Greater Kansas City C…United Way of Kaw Val…Commerce Bancshares F…Sunflower Foundation …The Sunderland Founda…ASSISTS FOUNDATION co…
Midcontinent FoundationMN66.7× affinity38 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Midcontinent Foundation · Ethel & Raymond F Rice Foundation · Topeka Community Foundation · Kansas Health Foundation · United Way of Douglas County Inc · Kriz Charitable Fund Inc · Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · United Way of Kaw Valley Inc · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Sunflower Foundation Health Care for Kansans · The Sunderland Foundation · ASSISTS FOUNDATION co KANSAS BASKETBALL OFFICE

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Douglas County Community Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%3%13%28%50%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Yale University — 12% of income from government
  • Naples Community Hospital Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
56report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 300 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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